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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 5213 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 5213

 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, 
                        and for other purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 25, 2024

  Mr. Cassidy introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 to 
require labor organizations to make certain disclosures to its members, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Union Members Right to Know Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE LABOR-MANAGEMENT REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE ACT 
              OF 1959.

    (a) Required Disclosures.--Section 105 of the Labor-Management 
Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 415) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Every'' and inserting the following:
    ``(a) In General.--Every''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Required Disclosures.--
            ``(1) In general.--Every labor organization shall provide 
        to each member of the labor organization, in accordance with 
        paragraph (2), the following:
                    ``(A) A copy of this Act and a summary of each 
                title of this Act.
                    ``(B) A summary of the rights of an individual to 
                seek, pursuant to title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 
                1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), a reasonable 
                accommodation, based on the religious beliefs or 
                practices of the individual, not to pay dues or fees to 
                the labor organization.
                    ``(C) A summary of the rights of employees under 
                the holding of the Supreme Court of the United States 
                in Communications Workers v. Beck, 487 U.S. 735 (1988).
            ``(2) Disclosure requirements.--Every labor organization 
        shall provide the information under paragraph (1) by--
                    ``(A) mail or electronic mail--
                            ``(i)(I) to each employee who joins the 
                        labor organization on or after the date that is 
                        90 days after the date of enactment of the 
                        Union Members Right to Know Act, not later than 
                        30 days after the employee joins the labor 
                        organization; and
                            ``(II) to each member of the labor 
                        organization who was a member on the day before 
                        the date that is 90 days after the date of 
                        enactment of the Union Members Right to Know 
                        Act, not later than 1 year after such date of 
                        enactment; and
                            ``(ii) on an annual basis; and
                    ``(B) if the labor organization has a website, 
                maintaining on the home-page of the website of the 
                labor organization a hyperlink, titled `Union Member 
                Rights and Officer Responsibilities Under the LMRDA', 
                to the information described under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Compliance.--
                    ``(A) Initial compliance.--Not later than 180 days 
                after such date of enactment, every labor organization 
                that is required to comply with paragraph (2)(B) shall 
                submit to the Secretary a form signed by its president 
                and treasurer, or corresponding principal officers, 
                certifying that the labor organization has complied 
                with the requirements of such paragraph.
                    ``(B) Ongoing compliance.--Not later than 18 months 
                after such date of enactment, and on an annual basis 
                thereafter, each labor organization shall submit to the 
                Secretary a form signed by its president and treasurer, 
                or corresponding principal officers, certifying that 
                the labor organization has complied with the 
                requirements of paragraph (2).''.
    (b) Right Not To Subsidize Labor Organization Nonrepresentational 
Activities.--Title I of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure 
Act of 1959 (29 U.S.C. 411 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 106. RIGHT NOT TO SUBSIDIZE LABOR ORGANIZATION 
              NONREPRESENTATIONAL ACTIVITIES.

    ``No employee's labor organization dues, fees, assessments, or 
other contributions shall be used or contributed to any person, 
organization, or entity for any purpose not directly related to the 
labor organization's collective bargaining or contract administration 
functions on behalf of the represented unit employee unless the 
employee member, or nonmember required to make such payments as a 
condition of employment, authorizes such expenditure in writing, after 
a notice period of not less than 35 days. An initial authorization 
provided by an employee under the preceding sentence shall expire not 
later than 1 year after the date on which such authorization is signed 
by the employee. There shall be no automatic renewal of an 
authorization under this section.''.

SEC. 3. REGULATIONS.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of Labor shall issue such regulations as are necessary to 
implement the amendments made by section 2 of this Act.
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